The reigning NCAA Champion UCLA Bruins sit atop the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Week 4 Men’s Varsity Polls. For the third time this season, the Bruins were voted the consensus number one team in the country. The Bruins led this poll’s theme of stability in the top 12; all top 12 teams held their spots in the rankings. Stanford University and USC round out the top three.
Air Force vaulted to 13th following their wins against Navy, California Lutheran University, and Whittier College. Santa Clara University, Loyola Marymount, and St. Francis College Brooklyn were all newcomers to this week’s Top 20.
2015 Varsity Top 20 (Week 4/September 30)
Rank Team Week 3 Poll Points 1 University of California-Los Angeles 1 100 2 Stanford University 2 95 3 University of Southern California 3 90 4 University of California 4 85 5 University of the Pacific 5 81 6 University of California-Santa Barbara 6 75 7 Long Beach State University 7 70 8 University of California-Irvine 8 65 9 Pepperdine University 9 61 10 University of California-Davis 10 55 11 Princeton University 11 48 12 Brown University 12 47 13 United States Air Force Academy 14 39 14 University of California-San Diego 13 28 15 Bucknell University 15 26 16 Whittier College 20 16 17 Johns Hopkins University 17 15 18 Santa Clara University NR 14 19 Loyola Marymount University RV 13 20 St. Francis College Brooklyn RV 12 RV Harvard University 18 7 RV United States Naval Academy 16 6 RV San Jose State University 19 5 RV California Baptist University RV 1
Whittier College reclaimed the top spot from Johns Hopkins University in the Divison III poll. The East Coast-West Coast battle for Division III water polo supremacy could be settled this weekend if both teams reach the title game in the Gary Troyer Tournament in Claremont, California.
2015 Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 4/September 30)
Rank Team Week 3 Poll Points 1 Whittier College 2 98 2 Johns Hopkins University 1 97 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges 3 88 4 University of Redlands 4 85 5 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 5 (T) 77 6 Chapman University 7 70 7 California Lutheran University 8 68 8 University of La Verne 9 64 9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5 (T) 60 10 Washington & Jefferson College 10 33 RV Occidental College RV 22 RV Connecticut College RV 13
The Princeton Tigers remain the number one squad in the CWPA Top 10 poll with a five point lead over Bucknell. Brown University, the reigning CWPA Champion, is positioned third. Johns Hopkins claimed sole possession of fourth, while St. Francis College Brooklyn vaulted to fifth. Navy fell to seventh, after tying Johns Hopkins for fourth last week. George Washington University cracked the Top 10 this week, receiving 59 points.
2015 Varsity CWPA Top 10 (Week 4/September 30)
Rank Team Week 3 Poll Points 1 Princeton University 1 97 2 Bucknell University 2 92 3 Brown University 3 91 4 Johns Hopkins University 4 (T) 86 5 St. Francis College Brooklyn 8 (T) 82 6 Harvard University 6 74 7 United States Naval Academy 4 (T) 71 8 Fordham University 8 (T) 65 9 George Washington University RV 59 10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7 46 RV Mercyhurst University 10 12